Chemotherapy injection 96542 at Hackensack University Medical Center

30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$390.62

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$571.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$71.31 with KARNA vs $6,608.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.31 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.78 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $143.32 ↓ -63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $163.31 ↓ -58%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $312.49 ↓ -20%
HORIZON OMNIA $373.95 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.62 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.62 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.62 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.62 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $390.62 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $390.62 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $391.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $393.19 ↑ +1%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $399.70 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $410.15 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $428.25 ↑ +10%
HORIZON PIP $428.25 ↑ +10%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $451.09 ↑ +15%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $451.09 ↑ +15%
CIGNA BH $456.80 ↑ +17%
AETNA HMO $466.83 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $466.83 ↑ +20%
AETNA ASA $466.83 ↑ +20%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $485.35 ↑ +24%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $485.35 ↑ +24%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $485.35 ↑ +24%
QUALCARE HMO $503.62 ↑ +29%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $503.62 ↑ +29%
QUALCARE PPO $503.62 ↑ +29%
HORIZON HMO $543.82 ↑ +39%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $546.62 ↑ +40%
HORIZON SHP $550.10 ↑ +41%
CIGNA PPO $552.44 ↑ +41%
CIGNA HMO $552.44 ↑ +41%
HORIZON PPO $556.84 ↑ +43%
HORIZON FEDERAL $556.84 ↑ +43%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $571.00 ↑ +46%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $571.00 ↑ +46%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $759.00 ↑ +94%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,520.00 ↑ +1569%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $6,608.00 ↑ +1592%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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